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Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
Filed: 3/19/2013
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1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3359
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2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3359 by replacing |
3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | | "Section 5. The Pawnbroker Regulation Act is amended by
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5 | | adding Section 20 as follows:
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6 | | (205 ILCS 510/20 new) |
7 | | Sec. 20. Precious Metal Purchasers Task Force. |
8 | | (a) The General Assembly finds: |
9 | | (1) There has been, and continues to be, a significant |
10 | | expansion in the volume of precious metals and jewelry sold |
11 | | through pawnbrokers, auction services, for-profit |
12 | | consignment sellers, and other resellers. |
13 | | (2) There has been, and continues to be, a similar |
14 | | increase in the volume of stolen precious metals and |
15 | | jewelry. |
16 | | (3) Access by law enforcement to sales-related |
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1 | | information generated by pawnbrokers, auction services, |
2 | | for-profit consignment sellers, and other resellers has |
3 | | always been an important tool in combating burglary, |
4 | | robbery, theft, and other crimes directed at personal |
5 | | property. |
6 | | (4) Recent advances in electronic data collection and |
7 | | compilation have greatly simplified both the reporting of |
8 | | sales-related information by pawnbrokers, auction |
9 | | services, for-profit consignment sellers, and other |
10 | | resellers. |
11 | | (5) Law enforcement agencies, pawnbrokers, auction |
12 | | services, for-profit consignment sellers, resellers, and |
13 | | information technology-related businesses in several |
14 | | states have created differing systems to provide law |
15 | | enforcement with timely access to sales-related |
16 | | information.
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17 | | (b) There is hereby created the Precious Metal Purchasers |
18 | | Task Force, consisting of members appointed as follows:
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19 | | (1) two members from the Senate, one appointed by the |
20 | | Senate President and one appointed by the Minority Leader; |
21 | | (2) two members from the House of Representatives, one |
22 | | appointed by the Speaker of the House and one appointed by |
23 | | the Minority Leader; |
24 | | (3) one member appointed by the Governor as chairperson |
25 | | of the task force; |
26 | | (4) one member appointed by the Secretary of State; |
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1 | | (5) one member appointed by the Attorney General; |
2 | | (6) one member appointed by the Secretary of Financial |
3 | | and Professional Regulation from the Department of |
4 | | Financial and Professional Regulation; |
5 | | (7) one member appointed by the Director of State |
6 | | Police from the Department of State Police; |
7 | | (8) one member from a statewide organization |
8 | | representing the Chiefs of Police appointed by the |
9 | | Governor; |
10 | | (9) one member recommended by the Illinois Municipal |
11 | | League and appointed by the Governor; |
12 | | (10) one member representing the interests of |
13 | | pawnbrokers appointed by the Governor; |
14 | | (11) one member representing the interests of |
15 | | for-profit consignment shops appointed by the Governor; |
16 | | (12) one member representing the interests of the |
17 | | insurance industry with a strong vested interest in |
18 | | stopping theft and recovering stolen goods appointed by the |
19 | | Governor; and |
20 | | (13) two member representing the interests of the |
21 | | general public appointed by the Governor. |
22 | | All members appointed under this Section shall serve |
23 | | without compensation, and may be reimbursed for their |
24 | | reasonable and necessary expenses from funds appropriated from |
25 | | the Pawnbroker Regulation Fund. |
26 | | (c) The task force shall study the various systems, |
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1 | | technologies, and methods of operation for providing law |
2 | | enforcement with the timely access to information relating to |
3 | | the sales of precious metals and jewelry by pawnbrokers, |
4 | | auction sellers, for-profit consignment sellers, resellers, |
5 | | and other persons or entities as it may deem fit, including, |
6 | | but not limited to, providers of technology and services |
7 | | relating to the collection, compilation, storage, and access to |
8 | | such information. |
9 | | (d) The Department of Financial and Professional |
10 | | Regulation shall provide any necessary administrative and |
11 | | other support to the task force. |
12 | | (e) On or before December 31, 2013, the task force shall |
13 | | file and present a report to the General Assembly concerning |
14 | | its recommendations regarding the systems and technologies, |
15 | | together with their usage and potential funding mechanisms and |
16 | | sources, to be implemented to create a statewide system for the |
17 | | collection of information of the sales of precious metals and |
18 | | jewelry by pawnbrokers, auction services, for-profit |
19 | | consignment sellers, and other resellers, and for the |
20 | | compilation, storage, and timely access to that information by |
21 | | law enforcement and shall include proposed legislation to |
22 | | implement its recommendations, if needed. |
23 | | (f) This Section is repealed on December 31, 2014. ".
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24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
25 | | becoming law.".
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